Mingxuan Chen¹, Jun Jia², Baoping Zhang¹, Leiyan Han³, Mengbo Ji^3,4, Zhangtao Yu¹, Dongfang Li¹, Wenyong Wang¹, Hongjing Jia¹, Huachi Xu^2,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.10, pp. 3055-3074, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.051524 - 11 September 2024

Abstract The rise in hydrogen production powered by renewable energy is driving the field toward the adoption of systems comprising multiple alkaline water electrolyzers. These setups present various operational modes: independent operation and multi-electrolyzer parallelization, each with distinct advantages and challenges. This study introduces an innovative configuration that incorporates a mutual lye mixer among electrolyzers, establishing a weakly coupled system that combines the advantages of two modes. This approach enables efficient heat utilization for faster hot-startup and maintains heat conservation post-lye interconnection, while preserving the option for independent operation after decoupling. A specialized thermal exchange model… More >

Bo Hui^1,2,*, Shengneng Zhu², Sijun Su², Wenjuan Li²

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 855-868, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.051387 - 11 July 2024

Abstract The structure of the concave-convex plates has proven to be crucial in optimizing the internal flow characteristics of the electrolyzer for hydrogen production. This paper investigates the impact of the gradual expansion angle of the inlet channel on the internal flow field of alkaline electrolyzers. The flow distribution characteristics of concave-convex plates with different inlet angle structures in the electrolytic cell is discussed. Besides, the system with internal heat source is studied. The results indicate that a moderate gradual expansion angle is beneficial for enhancing fluid uniformity. However, an excessively large gradual expansion angle may More > Graphic Abstract

Junhui Li¹, Haotian Zhang¹, Cuiping Li^1,*, Xingxu Zhu¹, Ruitong Liu², Fangwei Duan², Yongming Peng³

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.2, pp. 291-313, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027593 - 25 January 2024

Abstract In the existing power system with a large-scale hydrogen storage system, there are problems such as low efficiency of electric-hydrogen-electricity conversion and single modeling of the hydrogen storage system. In order to improve the hydrogen utilization rate of hydrogen storage system in the process of participating in the power grid operation, and speed up the process of electric-hydrogen-electricity conversion. This article provides a detailed introduction to the mathematical and electrical models of various components of the hydrogen storage unit, and also establishes a charging and discharging efficiency model that considers the temperature and internal gas… More >